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Encyclopedia > Zeepipe

The Zeepipe is a natural gas transportation system to transport North Sea natural gas to the receiving terminal at Zeebrugge in Belgium. 814 kilometers long Zeepipe I pipeline with 40-inch diameter, operation since 1993, runs from Sleipner field to Zeebrugge. The capacity of pipeline is 41 million scm per day. The second section of Zeepipe I consists 30-inch pipeline from Draupner S to Sleipner. The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Zeebrugge (French: Zeebruges) is a harbour-town at the coast of Belgium, a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


Zeepipe II A, operational since 1996, is a 303 kilometers long 40-inch pipeline from Kollsnes gas processing plant in Norway to Sleipner Riser. The capacity of Zeepipe II B is 72 million scm per day. Zeepipe II B, operational since 1 October 1997, runs from Kollsnes to Draupner E. The length of 4o-inch Zeepipe II B is 299 kilometers and the capacity is about 71 million scm per day. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The total costs of Zeepipe system is around 24.2 billion NOK. It's owned by Gassled partners and operated by Gassco. The technical service provider is Statoil. The Zeebrugge receiving terminal is owned by Fluxys (51%) and Gassled partners (49%). Gassco is a Norwegian state owned company that operates 6600 km of natural gas pipes transporting annually of 82 bcm of natural gas from the Norwegian continental shelf to Continental Europe and the UK. 15% of the total consumption of natural gas in Continental Europe is distributed through Gassco. ... A Statoil petrol station sign in Estonia Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. ... Fluxys is a Belgium-based company, mainly acting as a natural gas operator. ...


External links

  • Zeepipe, Gassco website


 

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